Angele Delanghe

Angele Delanghe was born in Belgium and came to England as a child. Her dressmaking career began with her dolls' wardrobes. She became a dressmaker in a small English town, moving to London in the early 1920s. Angele Delanghe, produced gowns of particularly womanly appeal, with interesting déécolletage treatments which concealed and revealed. She brought a Continental touch into her clothes. In 1948 she presented formal silk gowns with panniers and pretty cotton evening dresses patterned with birds and leaves. By 1950 Delanghe had closed her house at 12 Beauchamp Place.

Member of the Incorporated Society of London. The 'Inc Soc' was supported by fabric manufacturers and encouraged by the government. The eight founder members of the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers were Norman Hartnell, Edward Molyneux (who had moved over from Paris), Angele Delanghe, Digby Morton, Mme Champcommuna of Worth of London, Victor Stiebel, Bianca Mosca and Peter Russell - the 'Top Ten' of London's Haute Couture as they became known.